What Do Product Managers Really Do and How to Become One? | EP15.S2 Anna Bigornia
April 6, 2022
In this episode of GGUTTALKS, I had a chat with a good friend, Anna Bigornia, about her journey from being a motion designer all the way to becoming a product manager.
In this episode of GGUTTALKS, I had a chat with a good friend, Anna Bigornia, about her journey from being a motion designer all the way to becoming a product manager.
Anna Bigornia is the country manager and head of product at MedCheck. MedCheck partners with medical organizations, NGOs, government offices, pharmaceuticals, and biotech organizations who help sponsor innovative programs aimed towards improving the healthcare ecosystem in emerging markets.
#productmanager #medcheck #careergrowth
00:00 Intro
03:51 Being a product manager
07:09 How product managers handle customers
09:03 The key to being a good product manager
10:05 Difference between working in a start-up and the corporate world
11:22 What she misses doing on a day to day basis
12:09 Her startup experiments
13:41 How to handle conflict in and between teams
15:07 Building and scaling product teams
17:32 Different roles in product teams
18:52 The main barrier when trying to have collaborative teams
20:38 Why we need two types of people
22:23 On being a country manager
23:55 Alignment
25:42 Anna on her GGUTT feelings
26:58 What is MedCheck?
30:03 Feedback loops and security
31:42 Anna’s last piece of advice
Mentioned in this episode:
Designing the Not So Sexy Stuff | EP30.S1 with Gianluca Brugnoli
More about Anna:
Anna Bigornia is the country manager and head of product at MedCheck. MedCheck partners with medical organizations, NGOs, government offices, pharmaceuticals, and biotech organizations who help sponsor innovative programs aimed towards improving the healthcare ecosystem in emerging markets.
#productmanager #medcheck #careergrowth
00:00 Intro
03:51 Being a product manager
07:09 How product managers handle customers
09:03 The key to being a good product manager
10:05 Difference between working in a start-up and the corporate world
11:22 What she misses doing on a day to day basis
12:09 Her startup experiments
13:41 How to handle conflict in and between teams
15:07 Building and scaling product teams
17:32 Different roles in product teams
18:52 The main barrier when trying to have collaborative teams
20:38 Why we need two types of people
22:23 On being a country manager
23:55 Alignment
25:42 Anna on her GGUTT feelings
26:58 What is MedCheck?
30:03 Feedback loops and security
31:42 Anna’s last piece of advice
Mentioned in this episode:
Designing the Not So Sexy Stuff | EP30.S1 with Gianluca Brugnoli
More about Anna:
MedCheck:
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